The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A tractor-trailer jackknifed on a snow-covered road, swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers Thursday, killing four people in the bus, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
The tractor-trailer was heading west on Interstate 70 when it crossed the highway median and struck the bus and another vehicle heading the opposite way, Sgt. Raymond Durant said. There was snow on the roads when the crash occurred and it had been snowing steadily throughout the region all day.
Four people died, including the driver of the 17-passenger bus, Durant said. One person was in critical condition and six others suffered injuries and were transported to hospitals, he said. Durant said all were riding in the bus.
The bus was from the Creative Learning Workshop, a center that provides vocational services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The center is based in Warren, Ohio, but has locations across the state. Phone calls to the center’s director were not immediately returned Thursday.
The accident occurred near Springfield in southwest Ohio.